Synopsis: I, the Strongest Man on Land

Baishixiu stopped, looked at the speaker, and slowly typed a question mark.

It was a girl with short blond hair, wearing a decent suit, and a pretty face with a shy smile.

Bai Shixiu recognized the girl.

Ai Hayasaka, from "Miss Kaguya Wants Me to Confess~Geniuses' Love and Brain Warfare", is a close official of Kaguya Shinomiya, the only daughter of the Shinomiya family of the oligarch family.

This is precisely what makes Shiraishixiu puzzled.

He doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Shinomiya family and Hayasaka Ai, right?

Xu Shi saw Bai Shixiu's doubts, and Ai Hayasaka explained, "Patriarch Shinomiya asked me to wait for you here and take you to the Heroes Association."

Shiraishixiu nodded, "Oh."

He remembered that when Cich was on the phone with him yesterday, he seemed to have said that most of the money for the compensation for the business district this time was paid by the Sigong Consortium.

Remembering this, Shiraishi Xiu also had a clue.

The arrival of Hayasaka Ai is nothing more than an ugly game in the capital world.

However, he likes it.

cough cough...

Sitting in the luxury car that Hayasaka Ai drove, which was completely unrecognizable, Shiraishi Xiu sat in the back seat, looking out the window at the rapidly receding scenery.

Then, he said boredly, "Is it tiring to live?"

Hayasaka Ai tilted her head, "Why do you say that?"

Shiraishi Xiu means something, "mask."

Ai Hayasaka couldn't keep the shy smile on her face anymore, Bai Shixiu continued, "I can tell at a glance whether a person is wearing a 'mask' or not, isn't it tiring to live with a 'mask'?"

Hearing this, Hayasaka Ai's shy smile gradually disappeared, and she murmured, "If people don't wear a mask, they won't be loved, and if they don't use acting skills to cover up their weakness and ugliness, they won't be loved."

"Is this the big truth?"

Ai Hayasaka shook her head, "No, it's just the self-defeating of a weak girl."

Afterwards, she put on that shy smile again and said with a smile, "Mr. KING, don't mention what I said just now when you meet the Fourth Palace Patriarch? I will lose my job."

"Tsk." Bai Shixiu shrugged and repeated, "Here we go again, aren't you tired? Wearing a 'mask'."

Hayasaka Ai's expression froze, and she felt that her whole body was not well.

Why is this person holding on to this matter?

but……

How long has it been?

She is used to wearing a 'mask' to live.

No one thought to help her take off the mask.

Nobody even mentions it.

Because everyone wears a mask, no one can reveal anyone's shortcomings.

However, Bai Shixiu put this matter on the table now, and Hayasaka Ai was a little flustered.

She had never encountered such a thing in her short life before, and she had no idea how to respond.

In desperation, she could only throw the question to the person who asked the question, "Mr. KING, haven't you experienced life wearing a 'mask'?"

A trace of nostalgia flashed in Bai Shixiu's eyes, "Of course I did."

"but……"

Hayasaka Ai slightly raised the corners of her lips. She was just about to borrow Shiraishixiu's words to end the conversation, and then heard Shiraishixiu continue, "However, I figured it out later."

"What do other people's eyes do to me? What do other people's thoughts do to me?"

Shiraishixiu grinned.

"So, I threw away the mask."

……

PS: The old rules, Qiongmei is the one who didn't kiss Brother Yu when she was a child. The author has a clear mind and won't risk her life to touch these poisonous spots~

Chapter 025 Hayasaka Ai

Hearing this, Hayasaka Ai was slightly taken aback.

Throwing away the 'mask'?

Hideo Shiraishi's words had a big impact on Ai Hayasaka.

Born in the Hayasaka family since childhood, his father was a cadre of the Shinomiya Foundation, and his mother was also a lady.

As their daughter, Ai Hayasaka is destined to be extraordinary.

Nor can it be ordinary.

Her father had the idea of ​​making her a close official of the Sinomiya family's daughter Sinomiya Kaguya very early on.

However, unlike the original time and space, Kaguya Shinomiya and Asuna Yuuki became close friends.

Considering that the family assignment may affect her friendship with Yuuki Asuna, Kaguya Shinomiya firmly resisted the assignment of the close officials.

Shinomiya Kaguya is unwilling, and this matter will naturally be over.

she does not know.

Rejecting Ai Hayasaka to become a close official changed the lives of many people.

Such as Ai Hayasaka, for example, herself!

Because of this incident, Hayasaka Ai was lost for a long, long time.

It's not because it's impossible to become a close official. To be honest, it's already the 28th century. Who in modern times would like to let themselves be someone's maid.

The reason why Hayasaka Ai was lost was because she disappointed her father and mother.

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to the girl.

As a result, Ai Hayasaka gradually got used to the life of wearing a 'mask' for herself.

No matter the mood is good or bad, Ai Hayasaka can easily control the facial expression, try her best to make herself the so-called 'perfect person'.

She learned to wear a 'mask'.

But in the final analysis, Hayasaka Ai is just a 16-year-old girl.

Wearing a 'mask' all the time can be stressful.

As the girl said, she is so cowardly that she needs to use a 'mask' to seal her real self and show others with a false face.

As a result, the pressure is naturally great.

Until I received the order of the 'Patriarch' Shinomiya Yan'an, I drove to the station to pick up Bai Shixiu to the Heroes Association, and heard Bai Shixiu's words in the car.

Hayasaka Ai's closed atrium gradually loosened.

If you want to talk about the feeling, it is probably "I finally met someone who understands me".

The sadness and grievances that had been closed for many years couldn't be suppressed in an instant, and Ai Hayasaka said, "If you don't wear a mask, you won't get love, if you don't use acting skills to cover up your inner weakness and ugliness, no one will love you."

No matter how strong the disguise is.

After all, she is just a girl with a soft heart.

It was Ai Hayasaka's limit to be able to calm down her grievances in a few seconds and put on the 'mask' again.

However, the new 'mask' fell apart because of Bai Shixiu's words of 'putting on the mask again'.

Nothing but three.

Ai Hayasaka felt that she could no longer put on the 'mask' in a short time.

inside the car.

Hayasaka Ai's face was a little stiff, and the chatter of the past seemed to disappear, so that she didn't know how to break the awkward atmosphere in the car.

Perhaps it would be better to say that she was alone in the awkward atmosphere.

Because Shiraishi Xiu seemed to be nothing at this time, he was holding this manga and looking at it leisurely.

Seeing this scene through the rearview mirror, Hayasaka Ai breathed a sigh of relief.

Just don't speak.

Let Shiraishixiu go on, and she will probably cry.

It would be too embarrassing to cry.

Hayasaka Ai didn't want her weak side to be seen, especially as a man, a man she had never met before.

Skilled in driving the car, Hayasaka Ai stopped at a red light intersection.

Through the rearview mirror, she watched the man sitting in the back seat reading comics.

KING.

A man with terrifying powers.

Before coming, Shinomiya Yanan didn't explain the specific task, just let her drive to pick up Shiraishi Xiu, but Hayasaka Ai understood the old man's thoughts.

In the eyes of capital, anyone and anything can be used as a bargaining chip.

Hayasaka loves her heart and mind. Usually others are used as bargaining chips, but this time it was finally her turn.

Are you upset?

Of course, who would want to be a tool man?

But Hayasaka Ai won't, and doesn't want to resist.

Maybe it's because of mental preparation.

After all, while being born in a wealthy family and enjoying the extravagant benefits that ordinary people expect, one must also be prepared to sacrifice for the family at any time.

Hayasaka Ai was ready for a long time ago. Many years ago, when he was about to become a close official of Kaguya Shinomiya.